Although injection of large volumes and amounts of dsRNA into insects is somewhat of a blunt instrument for performing reverse genetics, it has been used with great success in many systems while in others it has been less useful. Stage […]
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Aphid Hemolymph and Gut Degrade dsRNA
Aphids are sap-sucking insects of great economic importance, and recently the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum had its genome sequenced and annotated. Insect genetic technologies are in high demand for this insect but it is proving to be a real challenge. […]